descriptivist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
descriptive + -ist
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descriptivist (comparative more descriptivist, superlative most descriptivist)
- Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism.
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Noun[edit]
descriptivist (plural descriptivists)
- (linguistics) Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes that linguistic norms should be defined by usage rather than theory.
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French descriptiviste.
Noun[edit]
descriptivist m (plural descriptiviști)
Declension[edit]
Declension of descriptivist
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) descriptivist | descriptivistul | (niște) descriptiviști | descriptiviștii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) descriptivist | descriptivistului | (unor) descriptiviști | descriptiviștilor |
| vocative | descriptivistule | descriptiviștilor | ||
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